Automatic wave apparatus.



A. M. MOBIUS;y AUTOMATIC WAVE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 20, 191). Patented Mar- 3 SHEETB*SHEET l.

H/itnesses Inrentqr. l @17%. 41 uw( /f ff'af i 6. /s

- 11i-112.95R. M. MoBIUs. l AUTOMATIC WAVE APPARATUS.APPLIOATIOLL'I`ILED JUN?! 20, 1910.

Patented Mar.28,1911

3 SHEETS-SHEET?.

v Ao

Witnesses.- lnx/enten'.

www Y @Mw/WMM M? R. M'. MOBIUS.

AUTOMATIC WAVE APPARATUS. APPLIGATION HLBD 111111120, 1910.

988,012. Patented M1128, 1911.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET s.

Witnesses: Inventar.

:- -16,-iscarried from the forward member over ROBERT MAX MOBIUS, 0F SANDIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOIVIATIC vIAVE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. as, 1911.

Application filed June 20, 1910. Serial No. 567,986.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MAX MoIUS, a citizen of Canada, residing atSan Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic VaveApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appettains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an automatic wave apparatus and has for itsobject the provision of simple and eiicient apparatus for developingpower from the movement of the seas, waves, and surf.

It is more particularly a'device in whichv hinged members are adapted tooscillate successively under the impact of the advancing waves and surf,thereby operating wire cables over ratchet pulleys in alternatedirections, and by means of a power shaft and balance wheel operated bythe said pulleys, converting the energy of the Waves or surf intomechanical power.

To accomplish this result, the invention embodies certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, substantially' as hereinillustrated, described, and claimed.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe diiferent views shown in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is.a top plan view ofthe device. Fig. 2 represents a verticallongitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the forwardoscillating member'. Fig. Ltis a detail view of the rear oscillatingmember. Fig. 5v is a perspective view of a float or barge on which theapparatus 'may be mounted and thereby made a ortable device.

Referring more particular y to the drawings, numeral 1- designates aplatform mounted on piles 2, and carrying a series of bearings 3, f1,and 5, in which are mounted shafts 6, '7, and power shaftv 8,respectively. A heavy balance wheel 9, is mounted on shaft 8, alsoratchet wheels 10, which are operated by pawls-ll, mounted on 'pulleys12 and 13. u

A wire cable 14, havingone end attached to the forward oscillatingmember 15, and the other end to the rear oscillating 'member pulley 1T,vand thence over pulleys 12, 18, 13

and'-37, respectively, pulley 18, being adjust- Y able and serving as anidler for the cable. The forward oscillating member 15, is car-f ried byadjustable frame 19, and rear member 16, is carried by frame 20. Thelowerl horizontal portions 21 and 22, of the frames, serve as axles onwhich members 15 and 16. ar'e fulcrumed.

Large threaded bars 23 and 24, extending downward vertically from theupper portions of frames 19 and 20, engage with correspondingly threadedmembers 25 and 26,

provided with a series of holes 27, in whicha bar may be inserted toadjust the oscillating members to the vzrying height of the.. watercaused by the ti es.

Met-al plates 28 and 29, interposed. be-

tween members 25 and 26, and the platform,

respectively, act as washers. Pulley. 18,

mounted on threaded block 30, which engages threaded bar 31, operates totake up the slack in the cable, caused by the adjustment-of members 15and 16. A series of holes 32, in head 33, of bar 31, are provided forthe adjustment of the device.

On member 15, a series of `stops 34, pivoted to the sides of the member,are provided, and are'designedto assume a position parallel with thebottom of member 15, when a wave is impacted thereon, and which haveupper edge 35,- curved upward, thereby causing the stops to be lifted bya contrary motion of the waves, and retain a portion of the same. Onrear member 16, a series of stops 36, arranged in pairs, and pivoted tothe bottom nof the member, are provided. These stops are so mounted asto .permit the free passage of the water when a wave is impactedthereon, but will turn and form a series of retaining walls against acontrary motion of the waves.

In the operation of this device, the oscillating members are adjusted toa position in which the bottomI surfaces approximate the normal level ofthe water when said members are in a horizontai position. The forwardmember, having vbeen left in an inclined position by the preceding wave,receives the impact of the next successive wave. The water rolls uponsaid 'forward member, and, by its motion and weight, vcauses the same toassume a horizontal position. The said member, being connected by a wirecable to the rear member, causes said rear member to rise to an inclinedosition, and thereby be operated by the a vancing wave, in the samemanner as the forward ratchet pulleys on the power sha member. Theoscillating motion' of the two impact members iscarried by thecable,to".

the power shaft, suitable mechanismpr'ov'lded to cause acontinuousinotioiro the same by the cable.

' This mechanism may belinstalled 'uponal floating barge, or it may beconstructedfon.

adapted to serve vthe purposes for which' they are intended, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the precise constructionas set forth, but includes within its purview such changes andcombinations of material, as may be necessary or desirable to utilizethe basic idea ofthe herein described invention.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

' l. A comprising a platform mounted on piling, a power shaft mounted onthe latform, ratchet pulleys on the power sha t, anda pair of oscillatinimpact members, connected by a wire cab e passing over the ratchetpulleys, and adapted'to besuccessively operated bywaves passing over theoscillating i members. v

2. A device of the character described, comprising a platform mounted onpiling, a power shaft mounted 'on theptlatform, 3 Y

pair o f oscillatin impact members, connected by; awire calo e"pillley'siand pivote to independent adjustable frames, substantially asset forth. Y f

r 3. Afdevice ofthe character described,

comprising a platform mounted 'on piling, 'a powerv shaft mounted on theplatform, pulleysmounted on the i1power Shaft,

ratchet a'pair Vo ating inemadjustable impact osc in one direction, whenactuatedv device of the character described,

anda.

assing over the ratchet acacia hers connected by a wire cable V-whichpasses over the ratchet pulleys', and an idler pulley, adjustablefor-taking' up lthe slack of the cable, caused by the adjustment of theoscilletilig members, substantially 'as 4shown L 4:; A`devi`ceofthecharacter described,

com. rising a platform piling supporting thel plavv crm, frames slidabiymounted upon opposite .members of the iling, oscillatingv memberspiyoted .to the ames, means to ladjust the frames, a cable actuated bythe oscillating members, and operating a power shaft, and va hea balancewheel mounted on4 the power sha to maintain a unlform motion to thepower shaft. y

comprising a platform, a power shaft mounted on the platform, a pair ofimpact oscillating members, ivoted at one end,.and

adapted 'to' alternate y assume inclined and horizontal. positions uponreceiving the impact of the waves, stops pivotedto the sides and bottomof. the 11n act adapted to permit a fiiee waves lin one direction over't e impact members, and to bemoved' to "form retaining walls when acontra "movementv of the water occurs, and a cab e secured .to thefreeto operate the power shaft.

ends of the oscillating members, and adapted 6. Af"device= of thecharacter members; and assage -of the consisting'of units oftwo pivotedor hinged platforms, connected for automatic adjust- 'ments oftheir'fresp'ective inclinations, to receive lthe gravity and-velocityimpactbf the waves, and vsuitable 'mechanical connections forgutilizingthe'. power so' gelerated,;by means-of standard appliances.

11.1 testimony whereof,'- I alii; my` signature, inA presence twowitnesses.

ROBERTMAX-MOBIUS.

' `"llitnesses: v f -1 s' Louis, C. Buon, ..1I.A. Mism,

- 6o' 5. A device of the character described,

